To Be a Muslim

To Be a Muslim by Fathi Yakan
The first requirement for a person who has accepted Islam as his way of life is to understand and accept certain
teachings or elements of knowledge that one can know only from revelation. These are called the creed or Aqidah. The correct Aqidah has been revealed by all the Prophets, but most precisely in the Qura’n and sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). One learns the Aqidah as taught by the early generations of Muslims and by the great scholars who demonstrated their piety and true understanding about Islam.
The Aqidah of a Muslim may be differentiated into the following five beliefs: belief in Allah; the final judgement;
revelation through angels, books and messengers; charity; and prayer, as described in Surah al-Baqarah, verse 177:
It is not piety that you turn your faces towards East or West – But truly pious is he who believes in Allah and the
Last Day, and the angels, and the Book, and the Messengers; and spend of his substance, out of love for Him, upon
his near of kin, and the orphans, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and those who ask, and for the freeing of human
beings from bondage; and is steadfast in prayer, and gives regular charity; and (truly pious are) they who keep their promises whenever they promise, and are firm and patient, in pain (or suffering) and adversity, and in times of peril. Such are the people of truth, the God-fearing.
*The small letter (s) used in this book after the Prophet’s name stands for sall-allahu alayhi wa sallam (peace and blessings be upon him).

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